Plaited button



March 11 1924. 1,486,309

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Patented Mar. ll, i924.

NATHAN SPARER, OF SOMERVILLE, AND MAX HALPERSON, OF BOSTON, MASSA- GHUSETTS.

' PLAITED BUTTON.

Application filed. January 18, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, NATHAN SPARER, a subject of the Government of Austria, and a resident of Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and MAX HALPnRsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plaited. Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to plaited buttons such as might be used on articles of clothing and the like, and particularly where ornamental effects are desired.

An object of the invention is to produce a button of this class that is novel in its makeup and While primarily intended for 2 trimming or ornamental purposes it is nevertheless useful for its usual function.

It is a further object of the invention to produce a button of this class wherein the exposed material thereof need not be of the highest grade but may be of an inferior quality, which however, by reason of the plaiting, takes on a finer appearance whenmade up.

It is also an object of the invention to so form the plaits that the use of adhesive may be dispensed with even though in some instances it may be preferable to use it.

A further object of the invention is to produce a plaited' button at a cost which is 55 attractive to the trade, and not prohibitive for general use, which necessitates the making thereof in the fewest possible operations and expenditure of labor. p

The invention further consists in certain novel features which will be fully understood from a description of the drawings and the claims hereinafter given.

Of the drawings: I

Figure 1 represents in face view one form of the plaited button drawn on an enlarged scale.

Figure 2 a section on the line 22 Figure 1.

Figure 3 a section similar to Figure 2 but showingthe several members composing the button, separately.

Figure 4- shows a View, partially in section on a reduced scale, of the dies used to plait the fabric of a buttonv such as is shown in 56 Figure 1.

Serial No. 613,530.

Figure 5 shows a section through the female die with the fabric plaited therein and about to receive a gummed plait retaining member and a button shell.

Figure 6 a View similar to Figure 5 but showing the female die, retaining member, fabric and shell thrust downwardly into the sleeve surrounding the die preparatory to the final button assembling operation.

Figures 7 and 8 are section views through an anvil used in assembling the back portion of the button which in this instance consists of a piece of fabric and a cardboard disk.

Figure 9 shows a section through the die and anvil as assembled prior to completing the assembly of a button.

Like characters represent like parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings:

The plaited button shown herein is but one of many forms that might be made, and it is also obvious that material other than fabric might be used. Therefore it is not the intention to limit the invention to the precise form and method herein shown and described, but rather to claim broadly a plaited button and the method of making the same.

In the present instance the button is composed of five parts as follows; the plaited face 10, a plait retaining or tie member 11-. a body or shell 12, a back member 13, and a back member cover 1%.

The tie member 11, shell 12, and back member 13, are stock parts and consequently are inexpensive, while the face 10, and back cover 14, are of such material and design as are suitable for the use intended.

I It will be understood that in many instances it may be preferable to use the tie member 11 in the malae-up of the button, its use is not necessarily essential in all cases.

Likewise the use of a covered back member is not necessarily essential, as it is possible to use uncovered metallic backs wl'iieh are also of stock.

In fact. the particular details of the strueture of the button are not of great concern. so long as means are provided to apply a plaited face, of whatever material or design, to a supporting element or combination of elements.

The method of making the button consists in placing the material 10 in a simple machine, a portion of which is shown in Figure 1, wherein is shown a solid female forming die or anvil 15, and a coacting telcscopic male die 16, composed of a plurality of spring pressed members 17, 18, and 19, and the relatively stationary housing 20. For the best results this die is heated in any usual or suitable manner, as for instance by an electric heater 21, as conventionally illustrated in said figure.

Obviously, upon the descent of the die 16 into the female member 15, the spring pressed members 17 18, and 19, will meet the material 10 in the order named, followed by the end of the housing 20, whereby material for the center plait is first drawn inwardly, and thereafter, in order, material for each succeeding plait, until the end of the housing 20 has pushed its material to the bottom of the receptacle in the die 15. At this time the bottom or end of each of the members will be in a plane with the said housing end and the plaiting operation has been completed.

As before stated the die 16 is heated, and under ordinary circumstances, pressure combined with heat is sufficient to plait the material in a permanent manner, but it will be understood that if necessary or preferable, the material may be treated beforehand in any suitable way that will give the results desired.

When the plaiting operation has been completed, the die 15 with the material 10 therein, is removed from. its seat in the plaiting machine, and if desired a tie mem-,

ber 11, consisting of gummed paper or other material, may be attached to the material 10, at this time, as seen in Figure 5.

A body or shell 12 is now placed as in Figure 5 and forced downwardly to cause the parts to assume the position shown in Figure 6 wherein the front portion of the button is ready for the final assembling operation. v

It is immaterial as to the particular kind of back to be used but it is preferred to use a covered back such as is illustrated in the drawings.

To assemble the back and its cover, an anvil 21 is provided on which the cover 14 is laid and thereafter the back 13 is laid, see Figure 7, andthen downwardly pressed to cause the parts to assume the position seen in Figure 8.

The front and back parts are now ready for the final assembling which takes place in a press after the die 15, and the anvil 21 are placed therein, as seen in Figure 9.

Upon descent of the plunger 22 the die 15 will be forced downwardly carrying with it the sleeve of the die 21 until the front and back button parts meet and become assembled as seen in the enlarged section Figure 2.

messes As no claim is made herein for the particular apparatus used in forming the button, it is not deemed necessary to enter into detailed explanation thereof, as it is the intention to make separate application for the apparatus.

As far as is known it is new in the art to make a button having a plaited face, wherein the plaits are permanent, and wherein filling for the plaits is not required to sustain them in outstanding position.

In fact it is not known that a button of this type has ever been made having an outstanding design on the face thereof composed of plaited material which is capable of being crushed and thereafter returning to its previous position without injury thereto.

Having described the invention we claim:

1. A button having a body portion and a face composed of unbolstered plaited material such as textile fabric.

2.- A button having a built up body portion composed of a front and back, and a face covering said front and composed of unbolstered plaited material such as textile fabric.

3. A button having a body portion the front of which afiords a smooth surface and a face adapted to cover said front and composed of unbolstered plaited material such as textile fabric.

4. A button having a body portion; a face composed of unbolstered plaited material such as textile fabric; and means to secure said material to said body portion.

5. A button having a body portion; and a face composed of unbolstered material such as textile fabric formed into a plurality of outstanding plaits.

6. A button having a body portion; and a face composed of material such as textile fabric formed into a plurality of outstanding plaits, and being so applied to said body portion as to obviate the necessity of plait bolstering material.

7. A button having a body portion; and a face composed of material such as textile fabric having a geometrical figure thereon formed by plaiting said material.

8. A button having a body portion provided with a smooth front surface; and a face composed of comparatively thin unbolstered material such as textile fabric plaited to form a design, in relief, of the desired description.

9. A button having a body portion provided with a smooth front surface; and a face composed exclusively of unbolstered plaits formed in textile fabric and arranged to form an ornamental figure, and adapted to be applied to said smooth frontsurface.

10. In a button of the class described, a body portion; sheet material such as textile material having concavo-convex ornamentation embossed thereon the intaglio portions of which are secured to a tie member; and a tie member adapted to be secured to said body portion.

11. In a button of the class described, a body portion; sheet textile fabric secured thereto having concavo-convex ornamentation embossed thereon the relief portions of which being unsupported at the back thereof.

12. In a button of the class described, a body portion; sheet textile fabric having concavo-convex ornamentation embossed thereon the intaglio portions of which are secured to a tie member the raised portion thereof being unsupported; and a tie member adapted to be secured to said body portion.

13. In a button of the class described, a body portion; sheet textile fabric having concave-convex ornamentation embossed thereon the relief portions being unsupported at the back thereof, the intaglio portions of which are adhesively secured to a tie member comprising a sheet of thin material and a tie member adapted to be secured to said body portion.

14. A button of the class described, having a body portion and a face composed of flexible material formed into a plurality of resilient hollow projections adapted to be flattened and to return to normal position upon the release of the said flattening pressure.

Signed by us at Boston, Massachusetts, this 17th day of January, 1923.

NATHAN SPARER. MAX HALPERSON. 

